The following 57 photos freeze some of the incredible moments Spaceworks shared with our community in 2014. All along this roller-coaster-ride-of-a-year we carried cameras around our necks, and hired photographers to make sure and capture these inspiring stories.
In this blog we’ve attempted to pick just one photo from each new business, art installation, and special event that took place in 2014… no small task!
The Nearsighted Narwhal owners Christina Wheeler, Ossain Avila-Cardenas, and their new child. Photo by Patrick Hagerty
GRAND OPENING: REVIVE “locally crafted custom furniture”GRAND OPENING: eTc Streetware Boutique. Owners Umi Wagoner (black jacket) and Perris Wright (red jacket). Photo by Patrick HagertyBackyard party during the QUADRUPLE GRAND OPENING at 10th & MLK. Photo by Kris CrewsThe Ballerina Project Tacoma by Willow Eskridge, Kate Monty, and Daniel Martin. Commissioned by Spaceworks during the August Post Office Building Art Walk.The Quadruple Grand Opening Party. Four businesses open on 10th & MLK. Photo by Kris CrewsGRAND OPENING: Mod Curio “a gallery of modern curiosities” Photo by One Love PhotoAlana Tamminga photography opens a studio in the Tacoma Post Office Building. This photo by Alana depicts a Spaceworks commissioned mural by alumni Write@253 writing center.GRAND OPENING: Concrete Market‘s Duncan Susag. Photo by Partick Hagerty.GRAND OPENING: The House of Kerri Boutique “South Sound’s One and Only Vintage Furrier.”Fashion shows, and musical performances at the locally made fashion design store Do the ExtraordinaryEntrepreneur, passionate Tacomanian, and Spaceworks alumni Dion Thomas served a Spaceworks internship and was accepted into Artscpaes in 2014!11th Street mural by Chelsea O’Sullivan.Walk Tacoma Day 2014 on Pacific Avenue.GRAND OPENING: Blue Octopus painting parties and art at 5013 N. Pearl in Ruston. Photo by Patrick HagertyGRAND OPENING: Michael Fitzgerald at Destiny City Comics. Photo by Patrick HagertySix Swans Woolworth window installation by Tory FranklinGRAND OPENING: SPUN Clay Arts Studio & Gallery. Photo by Partick Hagerty.Polyrev open studio during the August Tacoma Post Office Building Art Walk.Woolworth window installation Educating Girls, by artist Ellen HochbergGRAND OPENING: The TShirt Men Co. owners Willie, left, and David Combs at 919 MLK. Photo by Patrick Hagerty.Artist Abby Kok utilizes studio space at the Tacoma Post Office Building.Sarah Beth Smith’s Woolworth installation Dreams/Ghosts.GRAND OPENING Do The Extraordinary locally made fashion design store. Owner Justin Kercher and precious bear. Photo by Patrick Hagerty.Detail of Anastasia Zielinski’s Woolworth installation Bright Light Heavy.GRAND OPENING: Monopoly Entertainment. Photo by Kris CrewsAcataphasia Grey’s Woolworth window installation Own the Nightmare.Art Talk open to the public, with Acataphasia Grey, inside her installation Own the Nightmare.Jennifer Chushcoff’s Invoke the Muse at the Tacoma Post Office Building.SPUN owners April Sanders and Jennifer English. Photo by Patrick HagertySpaceworks accepts award from the Landmarks Preservation Commission for “downtown revitilization.” From left: David Schroedel, Metropolitan Development Director at the Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber. Amy McBride, Arts Administrator at the City of Tacoma. Heather Joy, Spaceworks Manager. Gabriel Brown, Spaceworks Marketing & Artscapes Coordinator.The Hole in Your Heart is a Portal to Another Dimension, Tacoma Post Office Building installation by Erin Dengerink.Metamorphosis a Woolworth installation by Barbara De Pirro.Manual of Arms a film by Kate Walker, plays on the Tollbooth Gallery.
Jennifer Chin’s My Dreams Are Blue / Micro Zoo at the Post Office Building.Seabury Middle School working with Diana Leigh Surma on mural Show Your Stripes with artist Diana Leigh Surma.Diana Leigh Surma on Market Street mural. Photo by Mandy CabellonSpaceworks Manager Heather Joy dancing with her daughter.Becky Frehse’s Woolworth window installation The Music Box.Detail of Christian French’s Atlantis, Full of Cheer in Woolworth Window #1.Kristin Giordiano’s Woolworth installation Radiance.Hard at work at The Arts and Crafts Press!GRAND OPENING: The Arts & Crafts Press
Peeking into Elise Koncsek’s Sneak Peak at First Night.Larger-than-life pendant: “Crucifix” by Carla Grahn. Photo courtesy of the artistInside Deanna Pindell’s Woolworth window installation Hostage 61.Jessica Spring’s Post Office Building installation Recollection: An Ephemeral Exhibition of Exquisite & Eclectic Ephemera.Zoe Hensley joins the Spaceworks team as our new Arts Intern!
Fab5 break-dancers at the June Tacoma Post Office Building Art Walk.The Luzon Memorial Exhibition at the June Tacoma Post Office Building Art Walk.Court C Alley Mural by Travis Selin Sail Fast
SOTA student work on display at The Tacoma Post Office Building. Curated by Ashly McBride and Brandon HendricksWayzgoose 2014 installation in Woolworth #3.Photo from grand opening party for REVIVE “locally crafted custom furniture”Keeping warm at Tacoma First Night 2015.
Special thanks to our amazing participants, their friends & families, the generous property owners, the Spaceworks staff, our steering committee, the Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber, the City of Tacoma, and all of our funders!
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